





Top to bottom, left to right:
Tangelo (Minneoloa), Yuzu, Pummelo, Lemon (Eureka), Kumquat (Nagami), Yuzu
Tangelo (Minneoloa), Yuzu, Pummelo, Lemon (Eureka), Kumquat (Nagami), Yuzu
More than anything else, the citrus seem to be loving life right about now. These are all seed grown - I also have a seed-grown sudachi, and two larger grafted citrus (another yuzu, and a calamondin, which are both in the midst of a ferocious growth flush at the moment). The dry spring seems perfect for them all - lots of haze-free sunny skies, daytime temps between 75 and 90, with nights that have varied from the upper 30s to around 60. They have been growing very steadily.
The lemon - a year old now - has grown to about a foot tall.
The tangelo is also about a year old, and struggled mightily (many snail attacks) in its' early months. It has recovered considerably, is a bit shrubbier and currently stands about 8 inches tall.
The pummelo has been extremely vigorous, and is now sporting its' first spines. At barely 5 months of age, it's about 6 inches tall.
The kumquats likewise have been pretty vigorous, and likewise have a spine or two on them now; they are about 4 inches.
The seed-grown yuzus and the sudachi are both also about 4 inches. They are a bit more lush and less lanky in their appearance, with clusters of papeda-style leaves (the winged petiole characteristic of all papeda citrus) which has a vaguely spicy scent. Some, but not all, of the new shoots on the sudachi have been purple-tinged, like kaffir limes or ichang papedas.
Each of them are growing a new leaf or two a week at this point. The larger grafted trees are covered in more than a dozen new branches each, each with many clusters of small glossy leaves.

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